ST JOSEPH'S AFRICAN AID

Registered charity 1087768 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of poverty, sickness and distress and the advancement of education, and for such other charitable purposes as the trustees may see fit.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") IN AFRICA ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT"): THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, AND FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY SEE FIT.

Area of benefit: GABON, CONGO AND CAMEROUN

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Elmbridge, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reports net assets of £111,764 at the end of the year, with unrestricted funds of £43,580. The receipts and payments account shows a net deficit for the year of £37,956, resulting in a decrease in cash balances from £15,985 to £14,320. The document does not provide a reserves policy target or detailed analysis of financial sustainability beyond these figures.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Joseph's African Aid (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lisa Kentchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANTONY JOHN WILLIAM HUDSON
• Denzil Mascarenhas
• Dr Alberto Ndumu
• Gregory Cole
• Lisa Jane Goring
• Pauline Janice Carter
• SAMANTHA HOLLY TURNER

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cameroon · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Gabon

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with St Joseph's School Association (SJSA).

• St Joseph's School Association (SJSA) income £110k
• AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT income £28k
• AFRICAN RELIEF FUND income £210k
• ST JOSEPH'S SOCIETY income £374k
• AFRICAN FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT AFFORD income £386k
• THE AFRICA CENTRE LIMITED income £643k

Side by side with its peers

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